by SAMSN Admin | Apr 14, 2020 | Freedom of Expression, India, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Release
The Indian Journalists Union strongly condemns Uttar Pradesh government’s brazen attempt to gag criticism and independent media by filing criminal charges against The Wire and one of its founding Editors and senior journalist Siddharth Varadrajan. Two FIRs filed...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 14, 2020 | Killing, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The second post-mortem report of the slain journalist Aziz Memon indicates that he was murdered. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) condemn the alleged murder and call on the Pakistan...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 9, 2020 | Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release, Threat
नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघ खोटाङ शाखाका सचिव उत्तम चौलागाईलाई प्रकाशित समाचारको विषयलाई लिएर नेपाली कांग्रेस खोटाङका सभापति नरेशकुमार श्रेष्ठले धम्की दिएको घटनाप्रति नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघका गम्भीर ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ । महासंघ खोटाङ शाखाका अनुसार चैत्र २३गते प्रभाव न्यूज...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 9, 2020 | Access to Information, Censorship, Harassment, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release, Torture
विश्वब्यापी महामारीका रुपमा फैलिइरहेको कोरोना भाइरस (कोभिड १९) को उच्च संक्रमणलाई मध्यनजर गर्दै मुलुक यतिखेर लकडाउनको अवस्थामा छ । यस्तो विषम परिस्थितिमा सम्भावित जोखिमको ख्याल नगरी नागरिकलाई सुसूचित गराउने पेशागत कर्ममा जुटेका पत्रकारमाथि विभिन्न पक्षबाट भइरहेको...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 9, 2020 | Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release, Threat
खोटाङको हलेसी तुवाचुङ नगरपालिकाले कोरोना संक्रमणको आशंका गरेका व्यक्तिलाई दुर्छिमस्थित छापडाँडामा क्वारेन्टीनमा राख्ने तयारी गरिरहेका बेला नेपाली कांग्रेस खोटाङका सभापति नरेशकुमार श्रेष्ठले अवरोध गरेको सूचना आए अनुसार चैत्र २३ गते ‘क्वारेन्टीनमा मानिस राख्न कांग्रेस...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 8, 2020 | Access to Information, Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, India, Internet Freedom, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Politics, Release
A group of 37 national media unions from South Asia as well as global media advocacy and freedom of expression organisations today called for an end to the ongoing communications blockade in Indian-administered Kashmir. The International Federation of Journalists...